On Wednesday morning, Sonya, Cristen and I had the privilege of meeting with our US Ambassador to Lesotho, Michele Bond as well as the Deputy Chief of Mission, Carl Fox, along with Economic and Political Officer, Alex Sharp.We discussed human trafficking in Lesotho and informed them of the cases of the residents that we have cared for in the Beautiful Dream Centre.It was a very productive meeting where plans were discussed to unite our efforts in working together to help stop human trafficking in Lesotho.
That afternoon, we attended a Lesotho government meeting.The Beautiful Dream Society has been a member of the Lesotho Multi-Sectoral Committee on Human Trafficking and we were honored to be invited to attend a training facilitated by the International Labor Organization to assist Lesotho in developing their National Plan of Action against Human Trafficking.Sonya and I attended and worked for two days with government officials in developing this plan. As we divided into two groups to flesh out the plans, Sonya and I were both asked to be presenters of the findings of our separate groups. TheStrengths,Weaknesses,Opportunities andThreats to the National Plan of Action were outlined and evaluated.
It is such an honor to be able to serve the people of Lesotho in this way.The future is bright as the people of Lesotho are joining together to help the marginalized young people of this country.
Here is a photo of Sonya making her presentation to the Multi-Sectoral Committee on Human Trafficking:
-Jennifer
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Mon, December 12, 2011
by Jennifer Crow
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